Disappointed Daughter

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

My daughter and her friends tried out for the high school's Variety Show. They did not get in.... The girls worked SO hard, practicing every spare moment. The music was completely arranged by one of them and they all came up with fun choreography. However, it wasn't enough.
There are so many sad stories in the world, so many of my SP sisters are suffering through terrible things. I did not want to mention this at all, but my girl is crying and it hurts. It always hurts when your children are sad.

Thanks for all the support. She was okay right away, just needed a good cry! She's been in theater since she was 6, so she's used to the ups and downs. Which isn't to say, the downs get any easier. Sometimes she's the one happy and sometimes she's the one sad. Tough hobby to have. I couldn't do it. She admitted that she did not think their tone was perfect and the choir teacher is a stickler for that. Oh well, auditions for the next show are in a few weeks, so we do it all over again. It's WAY harder on me than it is on her!

Well. It's a hard but important lesson. Can you speak with her about the fun she had preparing. & maybe how she could handle it better next time. Like - did they speak to anyone in charge about what type of performance would be considered?

Nothing hurts worse than when our children are hurting. It's one of life's hard lesson's of life to come. I still shed a tear for my GK's rejection. Quick story of my GF. His parents gave him the name Bertie Stien, and guess what all the kids called him? B S. He learned early in his youth he better accept it or life was going to give him many a rocky road. All his close friends and most who knew him all called him B S. It made for very good sense of humor. Life is full of ups and downs, tomorrow will be all down hill!

I've never heard of having "tryouts" for a variety show. Everyone should be welcome!! I hate that everything has to be so political (I'm sure that probably had something to do with it) I'm sad for your daughter, but what goes around comes around and someday she will get her chance to shine!!!

It's a huge school with many talented kids, however, the thing that mostly bothers me is that the choir director helped one of the groups with their number and he is also a JUDGE. Now how is that proper? My daughter said their group could have asked for help, but they really wanted to show how they could do it on their own.

I agree with Kitty. When my kids were in school everyone was allowed to participate in the variety show. I'm sorry your daughter and friends worked so hard and didn't get in. It's hard to see as a parent.

Sorry to hear about your daughter's disappointment. The last public school I was at, unless the routine was inappropriate or very bad, everyone who tried out made it. There were even opportunities to change the act and still be in the show. I think over the nine years I was at that school only a handful of acts didn't get in. Wish more schools would do this. Hope she recovers soon and tries again next year.